NFL commissioner Roger Goodell,
speaking about the $765 million NFL concussion settlement -- recently denied approval by a federal judge -- called the judge's review of
the case "appropriate."

"The judge's properly going
through everything -- all of our analyses -- to make sure that the money
that's in the fund, in the settlement, will be sufficient for the projected
needs, and that's appropriate," Goodell said on "CBS This
Morning." "So we will continue to work with her, obviously, and do
the best we can to convince her that the appropriate funds are there."

The judge, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody, denied preliminary approval of
the settlement of NFL concussion claims, fearing it may not be enough to cover
20,000 retired players. She asked for more financial analysis from the parties,
a week after players' lawyers filed a detailed payout plan.

"I am primarily concerned that not all retired NFL football players who
ultimately receive a qualifying diagnosis or their (families) ... will be
paid," Brody wrote in a 12-page opinion.

The proposed
settlement, negotiated over several months, is designed to last at least 65
years.

Goodell said, "Both sides want to have this, and we believe
it's the right thing because we can get money to the people who need it immediately,
and that's really the initiative, and we think that the funds that are in there
are necessary and sufficient to be able to handle it."

Asked about
President Obama's recent comments in a New Yorker profile -- that he wouldn't
let his son play pro football -- Goodell remarked, "People don't
understand that NFL players are living longer on average than the average male
-- three years. And they're also living higher quality lives from a medical
standpoint and a quality of life standpoint. These are important facts for
people to understand. There's a lot of misinformation out there, but our
players, we want to continue to do what we can to help them while they're
playing the game, when they leave the game, but our players are doing great. We
always will continue to do more for our players."

Goodell appeared on
"CBS This Morning" with General Electric chairman and chief executive
officer Jeff Immelt to discuss the league's initiative with GE. In March, the NFL and GE
launched a four-year $60 million plan to fight brain injuries. On Thursday, they
announced the first round of 16 companies and universities who develop new forms of
diagnosis and treatment.

Immelt, discussing
the initiative's two challenges so far, noted that the work with the NFL may
have a wider impact on society at large. He said, "Brain science is a
place where GE's invested heavily through our health care business. It's bigger
than just the NFL. It has to do with Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain
injury that the military kids are experiencing when they come back, and
certainly concussions are a big part of that. We felt that there would be an
opportunity to unleash the technical might of the country to be a part of this.
The NFL is just a great convener. …When they do something, people listen. So
Roger and I started talking about this about a year ago, and we made it happen
last March. So far, so good. We're getting a ton of great ideas how to treat,
how to diagnose, and that's the power of two great brands."

Goodell added,
"What we hope will come out of it, is obviously to an objective standard
that will advance science by using technology so that we can identify the injury
and then we can get into better prognosis and obviously treatment and there are
some great treatments there. … Player health and safety is important, but I
think really what inspires Jeff and I here is I think we can make changes in
all of sports, the military, and frankly, we believe in the greater society,
because these are issues not only injury, but also disease."